| #156653 in Books | Harvard University Press | 2007-03-01 | 2007-01-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.25 x.94 x5.50l,.94 | File type: PDF | 432 pages | ||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| Four Stars|By BENJAMIN A PERSKY|the kindle edition is missing all of the images from the print edition.|18 of 22 people found the following review helpful.| A really fresh new voice|By sm|This book is stuffed full of smart and startling ideas, as well as fresh interpretations of an astonishing range of things from feminist theo||The book's worth lies in its ambition, even its overreach. This is no cultural-studies grab-bag: Ms. Ngai really is breaking new ground. (Benjamin Lytal New York Sun 2005-02-17)
Ugly Feelings tries to be many things in every chapter: a
Envy, irritation, paranoia--in contrast to powerful and dynamic negative emotions like anger, these non-cathartic states of feeling are associated with situations in which action is blocked or suspended. In her examination of the cultural forms to which these affects give rise, Sianne Ngai suggests that these minor and more politically ambiguous feelings become all the more suited for diagnosing the character of late modernity.
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You easily download any file type for your gadget.Ugly Feelings | Sianne Ngai. I really enjoyed this book and have already told so many people about it!
